Individual note guide

Very high D recorder fingering

See exactly which holes to cover on a soprano recorder. This fingering is written as D6 and sounds as D7.

Baroque and German

Very high D fingering

Half thumb + holes 1, 3–4, 6

  1. Keep the back thumb hole pinched (leave about 1/4 open).
  2. Cover left-hand holes 1 and 3.
  3. Cover right-hand holes 4 and 6.
  4. Keep the remaining finger holes open.

Fingering patterns are checked against established resources from the American Recorder Society and Yamaha.